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Pyramid addition inquiry

Throughout this inquiry students will use addition to sum numbers up in two adjacent cells to make the number in the top cell. Students are encouraged to extend their skills through using the four operations of number. Examples are provided to interpret collaboratively.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 7
Audience	Student, Teacher
Purpose	Content knowledge, Extension, Planning support, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Worked examples, Structuring lessons, Questioning, Growth mindset, Explicit teaching, Differentiated teaching, Collaborative learning, Mathematics investigation, Metacognitive strategies
Keywords	integers, four operations of number, numerical order
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding
Topics	Addition and subtraction, Integers, Operating with number
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M7A01 Recognise and use variables to represent everyday formulas algebraically and substitute values into formulas to determine an unknown
Numeracy progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P6)
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